Recorded 2002–2019 Girls' name Peak 2005 109 births

Harika — girls' name

109 babies named Harika in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s692010s40
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Harika was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

16 babies were named Harika in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Harika

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Harika between 2002 and 2019, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Harika performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Harika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Harika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 109 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Harika at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

109

Since 2002

18 years of records

Peak year

2005

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2002

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2019

Harika popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2002

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2005)
16
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
05101520 2019201520122008200620042002 5

Harika by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
69 births that decade — 63% of Harika's all-time total
2000s692010s40

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Harika?
109 babies have been named Harika since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2005 with 16 births.
When was Harika most popular?
Harika was most popular in the 2000s decade with 69 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Harika been used?
Harika has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 18 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Harika?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Harper, Harriet, Harmony, Harley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.